European Council Decision (EU) 2023/2061 of 22 September 2023 establishing the composition of the European Parliament

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2023/2061
• Articles: 5

Article 1

In the application of Article 14(2) TEU, the following principles shall be respected:

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the total number of seats in the European Parliament shall not exceed 750 in number, plus the President;

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the allocation of seats to Member States shall be degressively proportional with a minimum threshold of six seats and a maximum threshold of 96 seats per Member State, while reflecting as closely as possible the sizes of the respective populations of the Member States;

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degressive proportionality is defined as follows: the ratio between the population and the number of seats of each Member State before rounding up or down to the nearest whole number is to vary in relation to their respective populations in such a way that each Member of the European Parliament from a more populous Member State represents more citizens than each Member of the European Parliament from a less populous Member State and, conversely, that the larger the population of a Member State, the greater its entitlement to a large number of seats in the European Parliament;

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the allocation of seats in the European Parliament is to consider demographic developments in the Member States.

Article 2

The total population of the Member States is calculated by the Commission (Eurostat) on the basis of data provided by the Member States, in accordance with a method established by means of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council  ( 3 ) .

Article 3

The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2024–2029 parliamentary term is set as follows:

Belgium

22

Bulgaria

17

Czechia

21

Denmark

15

Germany

96

Estonia

7

Ireland

14

Greece

21

Spain

61

France

81

Croatia

12

Italy

76

Cyprus

6

Latvia

9

Lithuania

11

Luxembourg

6

Hungary

21

Malta

6

Netherlands

31

Austria

20

Poland

53

Portugal

21

Romania

33

Slovenia

9

Slovakia

15

Finland

15

Sweden

21

Article 4

Sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2029–2034 parliamentary term, and if possible by the end of 2027, the European Parliament shall submit to the European Council, in accordance with Article 14(2) TEU, a proposal for an updated allocation of seats in the European Parliament.

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .